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Moreover, the impacts of risk-preference and demand uncertainty are investigated on both players\u2019 price decisions, demand level, and their utility function. Also, the impacts of the agent\u2019s warranty service on product price as well as repair and maintenance contract price are investigated. The interaction between the manufacturer and agent is performed under non-cooperative game where the manufacturer is the leader, and the agent is the follower. The analytical results show that when both players are risk-averse, they should adjust their prices with demand uncertainty and risk-tolerance level in order to maintain the demand stability and get more utility. Further, we consider some special cases where the risk-tolerance level of the manufacturer has an impact on the risk-neutral agent\u2019s decisions whereas the risk-tolerance level of an agent does not have any impact on the risk-neutral manufacturer\u2019s decisions. The analysis also shows that there is a significant impact of the agent\u2019s free-replacement renewing warranty (FRRW) on repair and maintenance price decision if both players are risk-averse. A numerical example is presented to further illustrate the results and related issues. <\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1142\/s0217595920500311","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2020,6,5]],"date-time":"2020-06-05T03:13:20Z","timestamp":1591326800000},"page":"2050031","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":9,"title":["Product and After-Sales Maintenance Service Pricing Decisions in a Risk-Averse Supply Chain"],"prefix":"10.1142","volume":"37","author":[{"given":"Azmat","family":"Ullah","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Antai College of Economics and Management, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, P. R. 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